The urban rail operator, MTR, has put into service 14 eight-car trains of the Q-Train SFM47/47A model, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

New CRRC metro trains

They will operate on the island line, covering 16.3 km with 17 stations.

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These trains replace the rolling stock from British Metro-Cammell (acquired by Alstom in 1989) used since the line’s opening in 1985.

Each train, with a claimed capacity of up to 3480 passengers, can run at a maximum operational speed of 80 km/h with a starting acceleration of 1.3 m/s².

The Q-Train is reported to be equipped with Mitsubishi Electric power systems, Faiveley couplers (part of Wabtec), and Hubner inter-carriage passageways.

New CRRC metro trains

It is also equipped with CRRC’s traditional predictive component diagnostics system.

A $779 million contract for supplying 93 such trains for various Hong Kong metro lines was signed in 2015.

In November 2022, the first 13 sets were launched on the Kwun Tong line.

Photo: MTR

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